Entrance to Oxford is becoming more meritocratic, but rising A-level results could pose a threat, argue A. H. Halsey and N. G. McCrum. How, asked R. H. Tawney more than 80 years ago, are we to rid...
Universities win £1bn extra funding UK higher education funding is to be boosted by £1 billion over the next three years. The Department for Education and Employment is expected to announce today...
FINANCIAL TIMES IBM is to equip some of its laptop computers with digital cameras paving the way for the widespread use of face recognition technology. THE GUARDIAN Online: Plans are afoot to turn us...
Universities were today awarded an extra £170 million for staff pay as part of an increase of nearly £1 billion in funding over the next three years. On top of the additional £50 million for pay in...
Eritrea to enter internet age Plans to link the University of Asmara in Eritrea, the only African country not on the internet, have been announced by Eritrea’s ministry of transport and...
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(All time pm unless stated.) Melvyn Bragg: In Our Time (9.00 am R4). The last of the current series discusses nihilism, nothingness and Nietzsche with philosophers Rob Hopkins and Raymond Tallis....
Yale offers incentive to foreign students Yale University is to extend its "need-blind" admission policy to foreign students, guaranteeing that it will financially support successful applicants. The...
Cubie warns of 'graduate tax' Andrew Cubie, convenor of the independent inquiry in Scotland that proposed a £25,000 earnings threshold for contributions to a graduate endowment scheme, has warned...
FINANCIAL TIMES Edinburgh University will announce a groundbreaking deal to borrow £40m through an unsecured loan - a possible blueprint for similar moves at English universities THE GUARDIAN Private...
(All times pm unless stated.) Natural Design – Robocritters (8.00 am, repeated 11.00 am, 2.00, 5.00, 8.00 BBC Knowledge). How robot designers are learning from the natural world. Meridian: The...
British pretender collects cash in Paraguay The chairman of an allegedly British institution, The England and Wales University, has obtained an undisclosed sum from private universities in...
OU opposes limits on bursaries The Open University in Scotland has condemned the Scottish Executive’s plans to limit mature students’ bursaries to full-time students. In a submission to today’s...